La montagna di luce

Enjoyable recounting of a couple of northern lads climbing Changabang. Its a bit too drawn out and technical on the mountaineering elements for me. The down-to-earth banter and how the very small things in life 'get the brew on' become immensely important under such harsh conditions are what keep th Leggi tutto

A thoroughly enjoyable read about a two man expedition up the west wall of Changabang in the Himalayas in 1976. This gem of a book is a gripping account of the planning and execution of a thrilling and death-defying mountaineering expedition by two young climbers, Pete Boardman and Joe Tasker. What

太喜歡了。 作者的文筆很有感染力，尤其很誠懇，寫景寫人的手法看似白描，卻又很瑰麗。 厲害了。 對我來說這就是一本會一直一直記得的書。

Peter Boardman is an exceptional mountaineer, but a poor human being at best. Compared to the accounts of Shipton, Herzog, and Hillary, all written a few decades earlier, this account does little more than talk about what the author did on a summit attempt. Perhaps the author is the result of the '70 Leggi tutto

It seems to be that Peter Boardman and his climbing partner Joe Tasker not only were daring and progressive in how they climbed the tough routes on tough mountains, but they were also both daring and progressive in writing about their climbs. In this book Boardman really goes into detail about this e Leggi tutto

Well crafted story but it was steeped in Privilege and self indulgence that I couldn't really ignore. It was written in the '70s, and at least he did have the decency to glancingly address the ludicrous nature of mountaineers paying silly sums of money to impoverished peoples so they can deliberatel Leggi tutto

After a slow start before the actual expedition, a very well written and engaging record of the first ascend of the west face of Changabang. Reads very easy in the first persons perspective from Peter. Very nice additions on the views from Joe in some sections. Highly recommended!